A Portrait of Australia: Stories through the lens of Australian Geographic

Western Australia: A Portrait of Australia – Stories through the lens of Australian Geographic captures the lives of everyday Australians, celebrating the bush, the outback, the coast and the people who live there.

It will transport you to some of the most rugged and remote parts of the country where you will discover the remarkable stories of ordinary Australians.

This is a travelling exhibition from the National Museum of Australia developed in collaboration with Australian Geographic. 

Photograph by Colin Beard.

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February

Melbourne: 28 Nov 2025 – 26 May 2026. The exhibition celebrates the wide-ranging photographic practices of more than eighty women artists working between 1900 and 1975.

Canberra: Until 6 Sept 2026. Trent Parke’s photographic series The Christmas tree bucket 2006–09 is a tender and darkly humorous portrayal of his extended family coming together to celebrate Christmas.

Melbourne: 11 Feb – 25 April 2026. Familial brings together six international artists whose work navigates the emotional and psychological terrain of family.

March

Sydney: Until 7 Feb 2027. From his archive of more than 200,000 images, Close Up celebrates the historic moments and pivotal people he famously captured.

Melbourne: 5 March – 7 August 2026. Between the mid-1970s and early 1990s, artist and social documentary photographer Viva Gibb (1945-2017) documented the suburbs of North and West Melbourne, where she lived.

Melbourne: 7 March – 24 May 2026. Photos of flowers from the NGA collection by prominent photographers drawn such as Robert Mapplethorpe and four groundbreaking Australian photographers.

Melbourne: 10 March – 5 May 2026. TOPshots is an annual celebration of emerging photo-media artists selected from a large pool of entries.

April

Sydney: 15 April – 9 May 2026. An exhibition of fine art photography celebrating the intersection of maritime history and the human form.

Sydney: One night only. Wednesday 22 April 6pm. Simon Harsent is an internationally acclaimed photographer whose career spans more than three decades across three continents.